Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker utahjosh, yes I was aware they consider the name Epcot, which actually doesn't mean anything, but I like it too. I just don't think we still need a sign to tell us where we are. It's not an eye soar or anything, I just liked it better without it. oh and mrkthompsn, i wasn't aware this was covered in a previous thread, oh well.
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn ^^^ It's always something great to talk about. There's plenty of members here who would rather see Mickey's arm lift off toward the sun.
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp Last Demember, some friends came down for their first visit to Epcot since the wand went up. The husband - a medical doctor yet -- looked at the wand and said it brought to mind an image of Mickey being struck by a falling golfball, and all that was left was his hand waving a wand trying to get someone to help him. Will never view that combo in any other way anymore.
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker Lady, thanks for that very funny analogy, now I'll probably think of that every time I see it! hahaha
Originally Posted By danyoung I watched an old rerun of the Roseanne show the other day, where the family went to WDW. There was one beautiful shot of Spaceship Earth, over the fountain, and without the wand. My heart just about stopped - it was so amazing. Lose the Wand!!!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost In my mind, which admittedly is cobwebby at best, the hand and wand doesn't detract from Spaceship Earth. The make believe pixie dust on the globe and the absolutely grotesque grave yard in front, does.
Originally Posted By danyoung And I don't have any problem with the obelisk garden out front (takes all kinds, don't it?). My picture has been smiling at everyone coming through the gates since September of 1999!
Originally Posted By SnowWhiteOne I'd be hugely discappinted if they took away the style of this ride. If they want to update the process and technology.. send them to Carosel of Progress...
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost You know, danyoung, I would agree that it would be OK if only the quality of the photo's were even a little good. Once I saw what they were displaying I lost any desire to participate. I don't want this beauty distorted.
Originally Posted By NYthrillseeker ^^^<Once I saw what they were displaying I lost any desire to participate>^^^ I agree, I would love to have my picture enshrined at Epcot for generations to come, but they limit you to 2 per photo! I have a family of 3, and I know we could get our 3 faces in there! Plus you are right, the quality isn't that great. Yes I know it's metal, but it's the year 2007, I have a metal picture taken of me in 1985 that's as sharp as a photograph, they can do better than that.
Originally Posted By danyoung >I would agree that it would be OK if only the quality of the photo's were even a little good.< About the only pic I looked at was my own, and I'm danged fine looking!
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost Yes, but the chances are that you are so dramatically photogenic that no matter what you look fetching. I need all the enhancements that modern science can provide, and then some!
Originally Posted By LadyandtheTramp We have two - freebies that they gave us from one of the Disneyana conventions (or was it the "Mystery"?) We decide to take two separate pictures, each looking in profile, as if looking at each other. The CMs did say that they couldn't promise that the pictures would go up that way, and darned if they aren't up with us looking away from each other.
Originally Posted By danyoung >Yes, but the chances are that you are so dramatically photogenic that no matter what you look fetching.< I just wanted to repeat those words for any doubters out there. Thanks for speaking the unvarnished truth, Goof!!!
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^^^^ oh my ! --LOL !! I really have no major issue with the obelisk's either but also wish the quality was better ( and with my eyesight getting worse every year - a little larger) - However DW said she finally found something Disney sells that I haven't bought -- proud owner of 2 bricks, but no metal carvings !
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn The only way I would ever take half-a-minute to view the pics on the oblisks (as opposed to briskly meandering my way around then to get into a 50-minute queue line) would be to find the pics of all the Laughingplace members. We should make a list of picture locations for LP members. (Kind of like a Hidden Mickey list). Even then, I'm sure my wife would say "C'mon, we don't need to look at those right now. I'm not paying $150 bucks a day to look at other people's faces. The lines are getting crowded!"
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> Yes I know it's metal, but it's the year 2007, I have a metal picture taken of me in 1985 that's as sharp as a photograph, they can do better than that. << I have no doubt that the pictures are as less-than photogenic as they are for privacy reasons. It looks like you enough so your friends will recognize you. But not enough like you that a stranger would. Kind of a contradiction for them. They want people to put their pictures up here for people to see, but then they're worried that "people will see them," and then possibly invade your privacy. Back when this whole thing first went up there was a computer station available for anyone to look up your picture by name. After all, that was the idea. It was intended for your friends to be able to look up your picture. But now the computer has since gone away. Partly economic reasons, I'm sure. But more likely because the lawyers pointed out that strangers could look up your picture too. What a world we live in.
Originally Posted By ssWEDguy >> But now the computer has since gone away. << Not entirely, actually. The computer is still there. But a CM has to look it up for you. And they ask who you are in the process. They pretty much limit their lookups to finding your own photo. If you want someone else's they'll tell you that they're not allowed to do that.
Originally Posted By FerretAfros Just out of curiosity, why is that stalkerish to look at someone else's photo? Apparently you know their name well enough to be able to find them, so it's pretty much assumed that they know what you look like. Big deal, they now know that you went to Epcot too. I feel like they are making a big deal out of nothing.
